[LeArc] HWODVN@ 5/7/2003 5:29:24 AM

Wed, 07 May 2003 05:29:24 -0500

The following weather message is provided by McDonough County E.S.D.A.

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IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-081000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
526 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL THREATEN REGION
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SOME PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH...EARLY THIS MORNING.

LATE TONIGHT...AFTER 3 AM...THERE IS A LOW THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.  IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MATERIALIZE...THE PRIMARY
THREAT WILL BE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD
FOR BOTH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. THE
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE
FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES BY THIS WEEKEND.

THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ONGOING AS EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING...HOWEVER
THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING...AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY.  THE STORMS THAT OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT WILL POSE A THREAT OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  DAMAGING WIND AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT OVER
EXTREME SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.  THEN...SPOTTERS
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...FRIDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY DURING THIS EXTENDED
PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER.  AS MORE INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE...LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
REFINE THE TIMING...LOCATION AND TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT MAY
OCCUR OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

UPCOMING SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES:

May 7, 2003:  Training - DeWitt, IA - 10 am

Spotter training will be conducted at the DeWitt DOT garage at 10
am.

May 8, 2003:  Training - What Cheer, IA - 7 pm

Severe weather and tornado spotter training will be conducted in
What Cheer, Iowa (Keokuk County) at the fire department at 7 pm.
This will be a free 2 hour class.  For additional information,
contact Terry Burger at 641-634-2361.

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dvn

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DLF